The artist Paul Polli with the sculpture created in memory of Stefano Casiraghi.

The Plate in bronze, heavy 830 kilograms, of the high length of two meters and one, has been placed to twelve meters of depth in waters of Cove Jail, in front of Ercole Port and just to the income of the Blue Cove. Locality not chosen to case, in how much goal of one of the stages of the off-shore contest of endurance Venice-Montecarlo, 2° edition.

" We were on that enormous balcony - Polli recalls - from where we noticed the fishing boat with the sculpture to edge and fifteen or so lifes raft, with several the ready skin-divers to dip itself. 

They threw the anchor, when, turning to me towards the opened sea, for some moment I have believed to dream. They were escorted there not less than thousand boats: Navy, Finance, Police officers, Police, all in high uniform and the speaker that it spoke, spoke, but I would not know to repeat syllable because I was in an other dimension, like I repeat, " in trance".It has been at first I hiss extended to announce the descent in water of the sculpture, to which, to immersion happened, to followed fact other. 

All are puttinges then on attention, observing a ossequioso Hush and, once passing in sea, I hiss of the sirene has torn the air, while the rumble of the motors, set in action from the colleagues of contest of Casiraghi, has been protracted to along. Then returned finally aloft they have been taken of sight from clouds of screen operators, fotoreporter and journalists, not even pits the Pope or the head of the Republic. In order not to speak about the difficulty in order to open a passage to me in the hedging of sportswomen and people that pressed from every part... " 

" Observing the position of the boat in the photo, it is possible to become account that the hull heads for the high, nearly to exit from the panel. A symbolism that in my intentions would have to mean as null in this world it happens and it is uselessly, and as the dramatic incident points out one every truth that troubled limited human appraisal. I have tried to interpret at the same time the painting one to balance, nearly to escape from if same, inborn in the pilots ". 

Good blood, as it is said, not mind. Casiraghi and Polli: both of a earth that has give birth always worthy and devout people sons. Two names legacies, hour, from a trait of union of which it does not appear arduous to sound the mysterious one. Germana Navy

Germana Marini